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Sabres vs. Senators April 5, 2013

BUFFALO, NY - APRIL 05: Steve Ott #9 of the Buffalo Sabres warms up before playing the Ottawa Senators on April 5, 2013 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. It is his first game wearing the A for alternate captain. (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft